imagine thinking the foundation your beliefs are based on so fraglie that the mere exposure to something different is enough for your child to turn away from them
a good parent encourages questioning everything, including - especially - the beliefs and value system theyre trying to teach. labeling something else as wrong is one thing, but to then forbid your child from having any exposure to it whatsoever? that’s called failing at being a parent, because that’s not how the world works, and part of your job is to teach your kid how to critically consider things as force of habit before theyre a fully grown adult
so, parents who freak tf out about drag queens reading to kids, or reading books with LGBTQ+ characters - if you think it’s proper to forbid your or anyone elses child from the mere exposure to things you have a problem with, all youre really doing is exposing that you know your personal feelings and opinions about it, religious or not, wouldn’t hold up to a logical, rational discussion with your kid 🤷
I have a feeling that they’re not just scared of their kids ‘turning gay’ but also scared of them developing empathy and realising that LGBTQ+ people are in fact people too. Which would probably make them question what they’ve been taught at home and by religious leaders.
As an aromantic person, under the ‘a’ umbrella of LGBTQ+ I think if parents can prevent kids from just simply exploring their attractions or their gender identity can be a form of suppression. If the kid wanted to explore it on their own, it’s different as if the thing was forced on them. In a way Christianity, had been forced on millions to an extent. If you’re following the law just to protect yourself legally with some decisions you may make for your child I guess that might be more acceptable then forcing a religious Bible that we don’t know is actually real or not.
In the case of this ruling, I just… think that this is based on a book written at one point of time by a group of people. A fairy tale, and used as an excuse for parents to suppress people they don’t want to be seen or to exist. Whether they are doing it in legit hate or whether they truly believe in what the Bible is saying in the Christian sense is true, they are really just suppressing these groups of people. Intentional or not, they are suppressing them from existing and expressing themselves.
